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title: "Obama on track to end Iraq war"
description: "US President Barack Obama is expected to announce today that he is on track to end the Iraq war, as he promised in his election campaign. Despite the Iraq’s continued failure to form a new government in Baghdad, Obama is determined to remove all American occupying forces by the end of next year. Read more: Reuters"
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publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "Politics"
author: "Andy Rice"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/andyrice/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2010-08-02-obama-on-track-to-end-iraq-war/"
published: "2010-08-02T16:52:37"
updated: "2013-02-01T20:02:59"
lang: "en-ZA"
word_count: 1
---

# Obama on track to end Iraq war

> US President Barack Obama is expected to announce today that he is on track to end the Iraq war, as he promised in his election campaign. Despite the Iraq’s continued failure to form a new government in Baghdad, Obama is determined to remove all American occupying forces by the end of next year. Read more: [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6711MZ20100802)

By Andy Rice · Published 2 August 2010, 18:52 SAST · Updated 1 February 2013, 22:02 SAST

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